1. Florida
Florida Sea Base: A life in Paradise.
Just imagine; for 7 days nothing but the smell of the sea from a sail boat, relaxing and talking to your friends while laying in the sun, corral reef snorkeling, swimming and touching wild sharks, lobsters and some of the most colorful and rare fishes in the world, catching fish bigger then you are, eating fish that cost a fortune to buy and of course going around Key West with your friends. Sounds like a dream, doesn't it, but its not. It's exactly what I did the week of July 27, 2003 .
It all began at 3:30 am as my friends and I scrambled to get our stuff together so we could get to the airport. We departed St. Louis at 6:10 only to be greeted by thunderstorms in Miami. Finally after a 2-hour drive south of Miami, we reached our destination Florida Sea Base on Key Largo. First thing we did was to take a swim test. Since this was the first time I had ever swam in saltwater, I had a hard time but I passed. Next we checked out snorkel gear and took another test, this was much easier. Afterwards they dropped a bomb on us when they told us all the luggage we can take must fit in a pillowcase. After we got all the important gear together like CD's, clothes, and money, it was all fun from there on out.
The next day we met our captain. His name was Scott and he owned our boat, the Adventurer. It was a 48-foot long boat. We gathered our week's supply of food and set out. For the next 6 days of my life I was in paradise. I made my first memory the first dive we did at the shipwreck of Almno. As I swam in and around a shipwreck I got my first glimpse of a hammerhead shark. As I came to the surface I saw it clearly. It was 7-8 feet long. My first instinct was to swim for the boat, but the Captain yelled to everyone to stay still so that's what I did until it disappeared into the wreck. After the first day I realized as we were anchored for the night that I couldn't sleep under the boats deck so I went outside and slept.
Florida is a peninsula apart of North America. ... Florida was not finished being formed yet. ... This is the general geology of how Florida became Florida. ... South Florida is low lying and includes the Everglades. ... I think about the geological history of Florida and not just of Florida in its current state....
The first European to see Florida was Ponce de Leon in 1513. ... In 1763, Spain ceded Florida to Great Britain, but it was returned in 1783. ... Florida in 1819. ... Augustine is not only the oldest town in Florida it's the oldest in America Senator: Bob Graham is the senior senator from Florida. He was born November 9, 1936, in Dade County, Florida. ...
Vermont and Florida I find it hard to think that two states can be completely different, with only few similarities. Vermont and Florida both have characteristics about them that no other state could replace. ... On the contrary, Florida has such a wide variety of settings. ...
This first stakeholder, The Florida Panther Society, Inc. is an organization put together to spread awareness and bring attention to the Florida panthers, why they are extinct, current captive breeding, and ways we can actively help their population. ... If we create a policy to decrease or end captive breeding of the Florida Panther, the Florida Panther Society will likely try and fight for future recovery in a different way. ... This species is also Florida's state animal and has become a charismatic symbol within the region. ... South Florida Private Landowners This group of individual...
Southeast Florida has no ties to what is known as the Deep South. South East Florida is made up of four counties, Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe and Palm Beach. ... Broward County, in South Florida is the second most populous county in Florida (Vogel, 27). ... The southeast portion of the state of Florida proves the cultural diversity of that region. ... If numbers do not fail the governor's race in South-East Florida belongs to the democrats. ...
The State of Florida's Education System Is Florida's education system in a state of emergency? ... We need to put more qualified teachers in Florida's schools. ... Teachers are very much in demand in Florida; they are also needed to aid in the construction of smaller class sizes. With smaller class sizes in Florida, students would be able to get more quality time with the teachers. ... With smaller class sizes and more teachers to fill the class rooms, we would be on our way to a better Florida. ...
Approximately nine hundred people take up permanent residence in Florida each day. ... The need to save the Everglades should outweigh the needs of the growing Florida population. The Florida Everglades provides habitats for many rare and exotic animals and plants. ...